Improvement in lamp-burners



J. CURZON.

LAMP-:aum:ER.

N0.178.60Z. i Patented June1s,1e7 s.

N. PETERS. FHOTOLIYNOGRAPHER, wASmNGToN, D C.

Ummm) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEs oUEZoN, or DAEIEN, ooNNEoTloUT.

IMPRVEMENT IN LAMP-BURNERS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,602, dated June 13,1876;' application tiled Apri14, 1376.

To all Iwho-m it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES CURZON, of Darien, in the county ot'Fairfield, and State, ot' Connecticut, have invented a new and ImprovedLamp-Burner, of which the following 'is a specification: y

the construction is simplitied, and the wicks work better and evener;and the invention also consists ot' a secondary bottom to the burner forscrewing into the lamp-top, in order that that bottom from which tubesrise may be made broader than the hole in the lamp for receiving thebottom will allow, and be tween these two bottoms I propose to apply apacking ot' cork or other non-conducting material to protect the lampfrom the heat.

Figure l is a sectional elevation ot' my improved lamp-top taken on theline a' :v of Fig. 2. Fig. 2. is a top View with a part broken. out. f

A represents the wick-tubes,with ratchets B at right angles to andcrossing each other, where by the wicks work better, and theconstruction is simpler and cheaper. And these tubes connect with abottom, D, above the ordinary bottom E, which screws in to the'lamp, thesaid bottom D being wider than the opening in lamp will allow to enablewider wicks to be used. Between these two bottoms -is a cork packing, F,to protect the lamp from the heat ot the burner. l

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The wick-tubes made straight and radial to a common center andoperated by ratchetbars crossing each other to act upon the wicks iupairs, as shown and described, to avoid twist in wick and tube, whichcauses the for-v mer to smoke. y

2. The combination, with a series ot' wicktubes arranged in crossingplanes, ot' a secondary bottom, D, ot' Vthe lamp-top, larger than thebottom E, which screws into the lamp, substantially as specilied.

A JAMES CURZON.

Witnesses:

IRA SooEIELD, ANNIE E. CURzoN.

